This comes after the Dow Jones industrial average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all eked out minor gains for themselves over the course of last week. They're trading near their all-time highs set earlier this month.

On the flip side, gold prices have resumed their climb. The shiny metal has seen its price rise by 7% since the start of the year.

Shares in Vodafone(VOD) were steady after the telecom giant announced it's joining forces with a top rival in India to create the country's largest cell phone carrier.

The U.K. telecom firm said Monday it's merging its Indian operations with those of Idea Cellular. The result will be a wireless operator with nearly 400 million customers -- roughly 75 million more than the entire population of the U.S.